HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Melissa James, EA, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 26, 2018

Filed

May 9, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Melissa James, EA, LLC →

Melissa James, EA, LLC notified clients of a data breach discovered on March 26, 2018, involving unauthorized access to customer names and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Mar 26, 2018

Discovered

May 9, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Melissa James, EA, LLC
norm: melissa james ea

Name: Melissa James, EA, LLC
norm: melissa james ea
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 26, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducted an investigation to determine the scope of the problem
Changed all passwords for accounts with access to the affected accounts
Engaged a forensic firm to conduct a forensic review of our potentially affected computer systems
Offering you credit and identity monitoring services for 12 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Enhanced the security of how we handle employee information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Melissa-James-Bookkeeping-Tax.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 9, 2018
Raw hash: 284b6e5991dce6b92844697ea211f04cd4774ee21cdfcae4ff5e3363017b4096

Reporting entityMelissa James, EA, LLC

Victim entityMelissa James, EA, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 26, 2018

Stated responseConducted an investigation to determine the scope of the problem

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov